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The 3D camera tracker effect analyzes video sequences to extract camera motion and 3D scene data. The 3D camera motion allows you to correctly composite 3D elements over your 2D footage.
Like the Warp Stabilizer, the 3D camera tracker effect performs analysis using a background process. Feel free to adjust settings or work on a different part of your project while analysis is taking place.
- With a footage layer selected, do one of the following:
- Choose Animation > Track Camera, or choose Track Camera from the layer context menu.
- Choose Effect > Perspective > 3D Camera Tracker.
- In the Tracker panel, click the Track Camera button.
The 3D Camera Tracker effect is applied. The analysis and solving phases occur in the background, with status appearing as a banner on the footage and next to the Cancel button.
- Choose Animation > Track Camera, or choose Track Camera from the layer context menu.
- Adjust the settings, as needed.
The 3D solved track points appears as small colored x's. You can use these track points to place content into the scene.
You can select more than one layer at a time for camera tracking using the 3D camera tracker effect.
- With the effect selected, select the track point or multiple track points (defining a best-fit plane) to use as the attach point.
- Hover between three neighboring unselected track points that can define a plane, a semitransparent triangle appears between the points. A red target appears, showing the orientation of the plane in 3D space.
- Draw a marquee-selection box around multiple track points to select them.
- Right-click above the selection or target, and then choose the type of content to create. The following types can be created:
- Text
- Solid
- Null layer for the center of the target
- Text, solid, or null layer for each selected point
- "Shadow catcher" layer (a solid that accepts shadows only) for the created content by using the Create Shadow Catcher command in the context menu.
A shadow catcher layer also creates a light if one does not exist.
If creating multiple layers, each one has a unique numbered name. If creating multiple text layers, In and Out points are trimmed to match the point durations.
To move the target so that you can attach content to a different location, do the following:
- When above the center of the target, the "move" cursor appears for repositioning the target.
- Drag the center of the target to desired location.
Once at the intended location, you can attach content by using the commands in the context menu.
If the size of the targets is too small or too large to see, you can resize them to help visualize the planes. The target size also controls the default size of text and solid layers created using the context menu commands.
To resize a target, do one of the following:
- Adjust the Target Size property.
- Press Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS) as you drag from the center of the target. When above the center of the target, a cursor with horizontal arrows allows you to resize the target.
To select track points, do one of the following:
- Click a track point.
- Click between three adjacent track points.
- Draw a marquee-selection box around multiple points.
- Shift-click or draw a Shift-marquee selection box around the track points to add multiple track points to the current selection.
To deselect track points, do one of the following:
- Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS) selected track points.
- Click away from a track point.
Moving objects can confuse the 3D camera tracker effect. It can interpret points for stationary objects close to the camera as moving due to parallax. To help solve the camera, delete bad or unwanted points.
To delete unwanted track points, do the following:
- Select the track points.
- Press Delete or choose Delete Selected Points from the context menu.
After deleting unwanted track points, the camera is resolved. You can delete additional points while resolving takes place in the background. Deleting 3D points deletes the corresponding 2D points, as well.
You can quickly create a "shadow catcher" layer, used to create realistic shadows for the effect. A shadow catcher layer is white solid the same size as the footage, but set to accept shadows only.
To create a shadow catcher layer, use the Create Shadow Catcher, Camera and Light commands in the context menu.
If necessary, adjust the position and scale of the shadow catcher layer so the cast shadow appears as desired. This command also creates a shadow-casting light (a light that is switched on, and casts shadows) if one does not exist in the composition.
Starts or stops the background analysis of the footage. During analysis, status appears as a banner on the footage and next to the Cancel button.
Shot Type
Specifies whether the footage was captured with a fixed horizontal angle of view, variable zoom, or a specific horizontal angle of view. Changing this setting requires a resolve.
Horizontal Angle of View
Specifies the horizontal angle of view the solver uses. Enabled only when Shot Type is set to Specify Angle of View.
Show Track Points
Identifies detected features as 3D points with perspective hinting (3D Solved) or 2D points captured by the feature track (2D Source).
When the effect is selected, track points are always shown, even if Render Track Points is not selected. When enabled, the points are displayed into the image allowing them to be seen during preview.
Create Camera
Creates the 3D camera. A camera is automatically added when you create a text, solid, or null layer from the context menu.
Advanced controls
Advanced controls for the 3D camera tracker effect:
- Solve Method: Provides hints about the scene to help in solving the camera. Solve the camera by trying the following:
- Auto Detect: Automatically detects the scene type.
- Typical: Specifies the scene as that which are not purely rotational, or mostly flat.
- Mostly Flat Scene: Specifies the scene as mostly flat, or planar.
- Tripod Pan: Specifies the scene as purely rotational.
- Method Used: When Solve Method is set to Auto Detect, this displays the actual solve method used.
- Average Error: Displays the average distance (in pixels) between the original 2D source points and a reprojection of the 3D solved points onto the 2D plane of the source footage. If a track/solve was perfect, this error would be 0 and there would be no visible difference if you toggled between 2D Source and 3D Solved track points. You can use this value to tell if deleting points, changing the solve method, or making other changes is lowering this value, and thus improving the track.
- Detailed Analysis: When checked, makes the next analysis phase do extra work to find elements to track. The resulting data (stored in the project as part of the effect) is much larger and slower with this option enabled.
- Auto-delete Points Across Time: With the new Auto-delete Track Points Across Time option, when you delete track points in the Composition panel, corresponding track points (i.e., track points on the same feature/object) are deleted at other times on the layer. You don't need to delete the track points frame by frame to improve the quality of the track. For example, you can delete track points on a person running through the scene, whose motion should not be considered for the determination of how the camera was moving in the shot.
- Hide Warning Banner: Use when you don't want to reanalyze footage even though there is a warning banner indicating that it be reanalyzed.
You can define a ground plane (reference plane) and origin, for example, the (0,0,0) point of the coordinate system within the 3D Camera Tracker effect.
- Analyze the scene using the 3D Camera Tracker effect
- Select a set of tracking points. This action causes the bullseye target to appear, showing the plane defined by the selected tracking points.
- Optionally drag the target by its center to reposition it along the plane, and place the center is where you want the origin to be.
- Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) the target and choose Set Ground Plane And Origin.
This action does not have any visible result, but the reference plane and origin of the coordinate system are saved for this scene. Any items that you create from within this instance of the 3D Camera Tracker effect are created using this plane and origin.
If you choose Set Ground Plane And Origin again, a warning tells you that objects already created using a different ground plane and origin are not to be updated using the new ground plane and origin.
In the Advanced section of the effect properties, there is a new option: Auto-delete Points Across Time.
If this option is on, when you delete track points in the Composition panel, corresponding track points (for example, track points on the same feature or object) are deleted at other times on the layer, so it isn't necessary to delete the track points frame by frame to improve the quality of the track. For example, you can delete track points on a person running through the scene, whose motion should not be considered for the determination of how the camera was moving in the shot. This method works for both 2D Source and 3D Solved track points.
You can delete selected track points with the Delete key or by context-clicking and choosing Delete Selected Points.
Even with the new Auto-delete Points Across Time feature, you can instead or additionally define an alpha channel for the layer to prevent the 3D Camera Tracker effect from considering a specific part of the image for determining a camera.


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Steal The Wheel 6
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Publisher: Enagames.com
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Steal The Wheel episode 6 is an enchanting and exciting point and click type new escape game. Visualize a situation there was a Ninja racer team in the city. One of the Ninja in the gang was arrested by police due to over speed. The Ninja team who planned to steal the nine costly SPARKO branded bike in different places. But the team need their gang member help, who was in prison.
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Explore a destination in Thailand to see the top hotels and top things to do, as well as photos and tips from U.S. News Travel.
U.S. News has ranked more than 250 vacation destinations across the world. Use our advanced search tool to find the vacation that is right for you.


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Study Chinese in high-tech setting
PRINCESS ANNE, MD - (March 6, 2014) - High school-age students can still get a leg up at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore this summer learning Chinese, a language that is in high demand in the current and future workforce.
Registration is now open for The Summer Language Experience, a two-week, intensive, non-residential program designed to provide beginners with an introduction to the language as well as cultural understanding. A second session has been added this year for intermediate learners.
"This is a great opportunity for motivated high school students who want to make the most of their summer by studying a foreign language," said Tammy Gharbi, program coordinator of the Foreign Language Instructional Center at UMES. "It would take nearly 15 weeks in a traditional school year to accomplish the 60 hours of instruction offered in The Summer Language Experience."
The course is taught by a native-speaking instructor in a state-of-the-art language learning classroom. The Beginning Chinese session runs June 16-27; the Intermediate Chinese session runs July 7-18.
The fee for each course is $200 or $375 for both sessions. All materials are included. Visit www.umes.edu/FLIC or call 410-651-6543 for more information.
Gail Stephens, assistant director, UMES Office of Public Relations, 410-651-7580.


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Following the Genomes Unzipped post entitled "Exaggerations and errors in the promotion of genetic ancestry testing", we received a request to reply from Jim Wilson. Jim Wilson is the chief scientist of BritainsDNA. He is not the one who gave the BBC interview that prompted the Genomes Unzipped post but he is a key contributor to the science behind BritainsDNA. We are keen to tell both sides of this story and this post is an opportunity for BritainsDNA to state their arguments and motivation. -VP
I saw Vincent Plagnol's post here on Genomes Unzipped about the promotion of genetic ancestry testing and felt compelled to respond. While I did not give the interview that was the subject of the post, I am the chief scientist at BritainsDNA and I feel that the post was biased in presenting only one side of the story and thus misrepresenting the situation. Perhaps I can offer another perspective for readers.
Continue reading 'Response to "Exaggerations and errors in the promotion of genetic ancestry testing"'


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Jewish mental health agency Kadima has named Eric Adelman its new executive director, effective Feb. 25.
Adelman, 35, succeeds Judy Shewach, Kadima's administrative director who'd served in that role on an interim basis since July when longtime Executive Director Janette Shallal retired.
Shallal, 64, had led the Southfield-based agency for more than 20 years.
Kadima provides psychological services, residential options, supported employment and social activities for individuals and their families affected by psychiatric disabilities. Kadima also provides public education and advocacy to enhance the quality of life of clients and families.
Adelman has served for the past six years as director of the Michigan region for Washington-based BBYO, an international movement that works to involve more teens in meaningful Jewish experiences.
Under his leadership, the organization doubled the number of teens involved and tripled fundraising revenue.
Prior to his tenure at BBYO, Adelman held positions in development at JARC and in government relations at the Jewish Community Council.


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Chlamydomonas, Chlorella, Euglena, Closterium, Anacystis spp., etc.
Planktonic algae are floating microscope plants that are normal and essential inhabitants of sunlit surface waters. There are literally millions of floating planktonic algae and these color pond water shades of green, blue-green, brown or variations in between. Planktonic algae that color the water is often called a "bloom" or "algae bloom". Many species of algae are involved in algae blooms and these species change over time based on temperature, light, nutrients, and other factors.
Planktonic algae blooms are considered desirable as the beginning of the pond food chain. In fact, fertilization programs are often used to promote algae blooms and thereby support a larger fish population. Planktonic algae is desirable for shading the pond bottom (in areas over 2 feet deep). This shading suppresses the establishment of rooted aquatic plants. However, to much planktonic algae can cause oxygen depletions and fish kills (see Management Options).


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Quick Ways to Speed Up Weight Loss
You already know that cutting down on how many calories you consume and exercising more often are the best ways to lose weight. But how you approach these two weight-loss keys can encourage faster results.
It's only natural to want quick weight loss results once you make the commitment to shed a few pounds or more. But this is one area in which slow and steady is the way to go. "Permanent weight loss can only be achieved when one makes a lifestyle change," says Peter Vash, MD, MPH, executive director of Lindora Medical Clinics in Costa Mesa, Calif. and assistant clinical professor of medicine at UCLA's Center for Health Sciences in Los Angeles. Eating a healthful diet and sweating it out regularly are the best ways to reach your weight-loss goal. But here's how to make those two pound-shedding tools work to your advantage.
Hold Yourself Accountable
One key to achieving healthy weight loss is to use your scale. "Weighing yourself is an important part of any weight loss program as it helps to hold you accountable and keep you on track," says Dr. Vash. How often you do so is up to you — within reason. Vash recommends weigh-ins at least once a week — around the same time of day — and not more often than once or twice a day. Keep in mind small variances in the number on the scale can occur because of water retention or dehydration.
Sweat It Out
While we'd all like to snap our fingers and be instantly slim, it takes time and effort to see results — especially when it comes to exercise. At a minimum, adults should get 150 minutes a week of moderate intensity aerobic activity or 75 minutes of vigorous intensity, coupled with two or more days of strength training all muscle groups to boost your weight-loss efforts. Exercise is crucial for both healthy weight loss in the short-term and maintaining a slimmer silhouette in the future.
Get Some Support
Emotional support from family and friends can go a long way toward encouraging you to reach your weight-loss goal. If you're in charge of the grocery store runs, rather than loading up on chips and cookies at the supermarket, buy fruits, vegetables, and whole grains — and convert the whole family to eating a healthy diet. Support groups are another great option to help you stay on track. Ask your doctor for a local recommendation or look online for Web-based support groups where you'll be able to share weight-loss tips.
Fight Food Cravings
Changing your bad eating patterns is essential. "Giving in to food cravings promotes excess eating," says Vash. "It is important to remove foods you crave (cookies, sodas, candy, chips, ice cream) from your home and office." Giving in is a surefire way to slow down the weight loss process. Instead, opt for healthy foods, such as fruits, vegetables, protein, and whole grains, and use strategies to help stop a craving in its tracks. When your sweet tooth strikes, try to thwart it by drinking water, tea, or coffee with non-fat milk and artificial sugar.
Eat Regular Meals — Don't Starve Yourself
While it may seem counterintuitive for quick weight loss, eating three meals a day is important when trying to shed pounds. Skipping breakfast can lead to excessive hunger, which can sabotage a healthy diet and cause you to overeat later in the day. Consider starting the day off with filling oatmeal or another whole grain cereal to keep you feeling satisfied longer. And don't try to substitute a snack for a meal — your body will know the difference.
Watch Out for Binge Eating
Binge eating — consuming large amounts of food in a short period of time — will get in the way of reaching a healthy weight. The disorder can be triggered by emotional issues or stress from being on a diet. Try to fight the temptation to overindulge with extra calories, which will only set you back. Instead, try taking a walk, going to the gym, or calling a close friend to get your mind off the desire to eat.
Find a Diet Buddy
Almost everything is more fun with a friend, and that includes shedding pounds. Try to find a buddy to team up with on your quest for healthy weight loss. You can motivate each other by sharing recipes and weight-loss tips and by hitting the gym together. Both of you should keep a food journal as well, which helps encourage you to eat healthy foods. Consider recording a second log of your exercise routines, too.
Avoid Fad Diets
It's easy to fall for fad diets when looking for quick ways to lose weight. Any diet that promises immediate results with little to no effort should raise a red flag. Also, any eating plan that fixates on a specific type of food, restricts certain foods, or doesn't consider counting calories should not be a part of a healthy diet.
Set Parameters About Eating
One way to assist in healthy weight loss is to set some rules for yourself. "It is very important not to eat after dinner because that accounts for a large portion of excess weight gain," says Vash. Avoid grazing and refrigerator-raiding at all costs as well as mindlessly eating while watching your favorite television shows. Also, never eat in the car. Not only will your vehicle be cleaner, but it'll be that much easier to bypass your favorite fast food drive-thru and stick to your healthy diet.
Watch Your Beverages
Pay attention to what you drink as well as what you eat when looking for boost your weight-loss success. Alcohol, sodas, and even lemonade and juices are full of calories that can undermine a healthy diet. Instead of these sugary beverages, try drinking water (plain or flavored, regular or carbonated), tea, or coffee. Another weight-loss tip: If you do choose to indulge in a glass of juice, try watering it down to reduce calories.


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La Toya Jackson. Meat Loaf. Joan Rivers. Gene Simmons. Over the last five seasons, Celebrity Apprentice has played host to some of the most wild and unpredictable celebrities on the planet.
But only one was an "angel in an Earth suit."
Photos: TV's worst-dressed characters
That's right! Gary Busey is back, when All-Star Celebrity Apprentice premieres on Sunday at 9/8c on NBC. And from the looks of this exclusive sneak peek, he has most definitely brought his A-game.
Want to find out what the word "fart" really stands for, according to Busey? Want to know what happens when someone is injected with love from angels? Fortunately for you, NBC has compiled Busey's best moments into one greatest hits video that would make most reality stars look — gasp! — normal. Check out the hilarious exclusive sneak peek below:
All-Star Celebrity Apprentice premieres Sunday at 9/8c on NBC.


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The observer design pattern is a popular, powerful, and beautiful way to facilitate communication between two or more java objects, allowing one object to notify 'listeners' of changes with itself, and doing so in a way that results in a very loose dependency between the two objects. Objects responsible for notifying observers can have little idea of the state of who they are notifying, only relying on abstract functions defined through an interface. This provides a powerful way to write classes that are relatively independent from other portions of code, making them re-usable as well as facilitating changes to code without breaking dependencies.
To demonstrate this pattern, let us first start with a problem. Suppose we have some data, defined within a particular Class we'll call DataModel (see below). How can we be notified when the underlying data with this class has changed?
To tackle this problem, lets first define what we want our observers to be notified of. All we want is to be notified of changes to the data, so we'll define an interface containing a single function: dataChanged()
/** * Listener interface which defines changes to an underlying data model. * */ public interface DataListener{ /** * Called when data has changed. * @param dataObject The object that has changed */ public void dataChanged(Object dataObject); }
Simple enough. From the perspective of the classes that implement this interface, dataChanged() will be called when the data has changed, and the object whose data has changed will be passed as the parameter.
Now, who will ultimately invoke this method? Lets define our DataModel class, the class who we want to Observe:
/** * A data class which acts as a wrapper to a String. * */ public class DataModel{ private String data; /** * Creates a new DataModel. * @param data */ public DataModel(String data){ super(); setData(data); } /** * Sets the data of this model. * @param newData */ public void setData(String newData){ this.data = newData; } }
The above code outlines an extremely simple class, pretty much for demonstration only, with a single variable called data. How can we notify other objects when this data value has changed? Together with the interface described above, we can make a few changes to DataModel which a) store references to observers and b) call the functions of those observers when the data has changed:
/** * A data class which acts as a wrapper to a String, and implements the Observer * design pattern to notify listeners of changes to the underlying model. * */ public class DataModel{ private String data; private List<DataListener> listeners = new ArrayList<DataListener>(); /** * Creates a new DataModel. * @param data */ public DataModel(String data){ super(); setData(data); } /** * Removes the parameter listener. * @param listener */ public void removeListener(DataListener listener){ listeners.remove(listener); } /** * Adds the parameter listener. * @param listener */ public void addListener(DataListener listener){ listeners.add(listener); } /** * Sets the data of this model. * @param newData */ public void setData(String newData){ this.data = newData; for ( int i = 0; i < listeners.size(); i++ ){ listeners.get(i).dataChanged(this); } } }
While we could have stored a reference to a single Observer, the use of a List to store references to multiple Observers allows one to notify several objects of a change in data.
Now, lets test this puppy out:
public static void main(String[] args){ //create our model DataModel ourModel = new DataModel("Testing"); //create an anonymous class that implements DataListener DataListener listener = new DataListener(){ public void dataChanged(Object o){ System.out.println("This is a test"); } }; ourModel.addListener(listener); ourModel.setData("Testing 2"); }
The above snippet first creates a DataModel, then add a Listener which simply prints out a line to the console update changes to the model. Finally, it adds the listener and changes the model. Output:
This is a test
Yes, a very simple example, but demonstrates how this design pattern can be implemented as well as the loosely coupled interaction between the Model and Observer - we can remove listeners at any time, register more listeners, and lastly easily change the Observers - what they are and what they do - without our DataModel class caring in the least (so long as they still implement the correct interface).
It should be noted that while the above is a custom implementation, the java.util library provides classes to accomplish the same task in the form of the Observable and the Observer.
While the example above is (hopefully) too simple to serve any real purpose other than demonstration, the same pattern can be applied to a wide range of more complex scenarios. A simple case: how about notifying observers when a Thread has finished? (for those that know little about threads I suggest reading Lesson: Concurrency for more information).
Our Observer
/** * A interface that can be used by the NotificationThread class to notify an * object that a thread has completed. * */ public interface ThreadListener { /** * Notifies this object that the Runnable object has completed its work. * @param runner The runnable interface whose work has finished. */ public void notifyOfCompletion( Runnable runner ); } /** * An abstract class implementing the Runnable interface that can be used to notify listeners * when the runnable thread has completed. To use this class, first extend it and implement * the doRun function - the doRun function is where all work should be performed. Register any listeners that * want to be notified, Then create a new thread with this as its Runnable. * */ public abstract class NotificationRunnable implements Runnable{ /** * An abstract function that children must implement. This function is where * all work - typically placed in the run of runnable - should be placed. */ public abstract void doRun(); /** * Our list of listeners to be notified upon thread completion. */ private java.util.List<ThreadListener> listeners = Collections.synchronizedList( new ArrayList<ThreadListener>() ); /** * Adds a listener to this object. * @param listener Adds a new listener to this object. */ public void addListener( ThreadListener listener ){ listeners.add(listener); } /** * Removes a particular listener from this object, or does nothing if the listener * is not registered. * @param listener The listener to remove. */ public void removeListener( ThreadListener listener ){ listeners.remove(listener); } /** * Notifies all listeners that the thread has completed. */ private final void notifyListeners() { synchronized ( listeners ){ for (ThreadListener listener : listeners) { listener.notifyOfCompletion(this); } } } /** * Implementation of the Runnable interface. This function first calls doRun(), then * notifies all listeners of completion. */ public void run(){ try{ doRun(); }finally{ notifyListeners(); } } }
The above code allows one to create long running tasks in a Thread, and notify observers when the task is complete: useful in many contexts, for example updating a user interface when the task is complete (note how NotificationRunnable is completely independent of any user interface implementation).
With these two examples, its easy to see how this pattern can be applied in many contexts. Its also easy to see how this pattern completely decouples one object - designed for one purpose - from another object (designed for another purpose), which makes the code re-usable and readily changed. There exist uses all over the place, from notifying a GUI when a data model has changed to listening for changes in a Collection (List, Set, etc…)...and many, many more.


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Log-rolling: Fame a stone's throw away
So maybe John Grisham has written a few best-sellers, made millions of dollars, and swelled film industry coffers with his mystery thrillers. But can he boast that, in addition to writing his books, he's built hundreds of log, stone, and post and beam houses across the United States?
Seventy-year-old author Charles McRaven can. The Free Union resident has been building and restoring dwellings since the age of 11. And he's been writing books on carpentry, blacksmithing, and stonework for decades.
But these aren't your ordinary how-to books.
Last June, McRaven and his publishers issued the third printing of The Classic Hewn-Log House, which K. Edward Lay, Professor Emeritus of Architecture at UVA, describes as "the bible" of hewn-log construction.
"It's totally redone," says McRaven. "I've updated all the codes and methods and included information on recent projects, many of which are around this area."
He's also reissuing a book on blacksmithing, and his third book on stonework– sixth total– is scheduled for publication next spring.
"I received a request for an all-inclusive book on stonework," he says. "No one else has written one. It should be about 600 pages."
Those who think the topics attract little attention in the 21st century should think again. McRaven frequently lectures at museums and schools, serves as a historic preservation consultant, and writes for magazines such as Country Journal and Fine Homebuilding. He conducts various workshops on log, stone, blacksmithing, and post and beam construction methods at locations across the country. The next local log workshop is in November.
McRaven instructs privately, as well.
"I sometimes train people who come as apprentices," he says. "It's a great opportunity for architects who want hands-on experience. They usually come to learn either carpentry or stonework, but they pick up a little bit of everything along the way."
Since McRaven is an advocate of the do-it-yourself technique, his apprentices learn about every stage of restoration and construction, most of which are highly time-consuming.
"Material cost isn't high," he says. "You put way more time and labor into a project than anything else."
But that doesn't deter him. McRaven seems to avoid shortcuts, even going so far as to build his own tools.
"Of course, sometimes we have to use the occasional power tool," he laughs.
Although there are several masons in Central Virginia, some of whom McRaven works with, he is the only local master mason, meaning he's the only person around who knows virtually everything about stonework.
"He really has no equal in this field," says Lay.
There's no need to find an heir to the stone throne quite yet, though.
"I'll retire when I'm 90," McRaven says– "maybe."
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First it was Mohammed Afzal, where the Supreme Court gave him death penalty only to satisfy the 'collective conscience of the society'.
Now, it is conviction of a B C Deva for raping a girl even though 'no medical evidence' suggested there was a rape, and even though the only witness or testimonial is that of this 16-year old girl. Here is what our esteemed Supreme Court has to say:
''Though the report of the gynaecologist pertaining to medical examination of the victim does not disclose any evidence of sexual intercourse, yet even in the absence of any corroboration of medical evidence, her oral testimony, which is found to be cogent, reliable, convincing and trustworthy, has to be accepted.''
Hmm… sounds dangerous!
So, all you need is a good actor who is so good at acting that they appear 'cogent, reliable, convincing and trustworthy' and that testimonial will be accepted by the Supreme Court of India to convict someone.
Such precedents, 'capital punishment to satisfy national conscience' and 'conviction based on oral testimony of the victim without any forensic evidence', cast a doom for judicial system in this country.
What is to stop a young girl to take revenge on a man? Or parents with a young daughter to take revenge on another man? All she needs to do is say that she got raped, and then be 'cogent and convincing'. That's all. No evidence, no other witness and no medical examination need to prove it. The man is now convicted! Wow! What a shame!
The modern judicial system is based on the idea 'it is better that 1000 guilty men go free than one innocent man be imprisoned'. And what are we doing here?
May be, its time to cut off man's penises when any woman shouts 'Rape!'


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Saturday's slaying at a San Jose cemetery occurred at midday in front of 4,000 people — but the killer has not been found, and useful evidence has vanished.
Hells Angels honcho Steve Tausan, 52, reportedly got into a fight while attending the funeral of close friend and bike gang president Jeffery "Jethro" Pettigrew at Oak Hill Memorial Park, himself a slaying victim, when he was felled by a bullet.
Police were nearby — standing at the gates and perimeter of the cemetery — but by the time they arrived at the scene, Tausan had been carried out by private vehicle, the shooter was gone and, police say, someone had tried to cover up the crime in an apparent attempt to foil an official investigation.
"Although police responded quite quickly, by the time they arrived, they noticed that the scene had been tampered with," said San Jose police spokesman Jose Garcia. He would not comment whether guns, shell casings or other pieces of evidence were missing from the scene.
The Hells Angels, a secret society of motorcycle riders, typically eschew police protection and end their feuds internally, and often violently.
So despite Saturday's very public crime, the shooter was not caught. It is not known if he escaped or was killed at the scene, then hidden.
And the victim was taken to the hospital in a private vehicle, not an ambulance, also avoiding official intervention. Tausan was declared dead at a hospital at 1:44 p.m.
Police are interviewing several witnesses and encourage others to come forward.
No known motive
Tausan was a "sergeant-at-arms," or rules enforcer, for the Santa Cruz chapter of the club who had been acquitted of murder in 1999. A former member of the San Jose chapter, he was attending the funeral of Pettrigrew, who was slain last month in a Nevada casino shootout by a member of the rival Vagos club.
Nicknamed "Mr. 187" after the state penal code number of murder, Tausan was a father and professional bail bondsman.
On Sunday, an unidentified person at Tausan Bail Bonds on San Jose's North First Street would not answer questions about Tausan's death, saying simply, "I don't have any information. I have no clue."
The police have no motive for Saturday's violence.
Some witnesses said the shooter was angered after being punched by Tausan. Another said that he fired after Tausan accused him of failing to protect Pettigrew and stripped a patch from his vest.
San Jose police would not confirm Tausan as the victim, saying that the medical examiner would release a name Monday after the family has been notified.
The Hells Angels began in 1948 in Southern California. The San Jose chapter, headquartered in a building near Interstate 280 and Bird Avenue, was founded in 1969. The hierarchy consists of a sergeant-at-arms, as well as president, vice president and secretary-treasurer.
According to Jorge Gil-Blanco, an investigator who has specialized in outlaw motorcycle gangs since the 1990s, the Hells Angels are heavily involved in the manufacture and distribution of illegal drugs like methamphetamine — dubbed "crank" because riders carried it on or near their crankcases for long road trips.
Biker club lawsuit
A former Marine and professional middleweight boxer raised in East San Jose, in 1997 Tausan was suspected of murder in the beating death of a man at the Pink Poodle strip club. During trial testimony, Gil-Blanco quoted an informant as saying that defendant Tausan was involved in illegal drug activity, information that was later declared inadmissible.
The jury acquitted Tausan, persuaded that he had acted in self-defense.
A series of police raids after Tausan's arrest also backfired. The raids were conducted to gather evidence of his Hells Angels membership and portray the club as a criminal street gang, potentially adding three years to Tausan's sentence. The raids not only failed to bolster the case, but they also wound up costing local governments $1.8 million in legal settlements after the bike club filed a civil-rights lawsuit.
Saturday's funeral drew thousands of bikers from clubs all across the West Coast, such as the Henchmen, East Side Riders Car Club, Devil Dolls, Top Hatters and more.
Uniformed officers from various law enforcement agencies ringed the perimeter of the cemetery.
Tausan must have sensed his vulnerability — after Pettigrew's death, he received death threats, he told a reporter for this newspaper recently.
No date has been set for his funeral.
Anyone with information can called homicide detectives Sgt. Dave Gutierrez or detective Brian Spears at 408-277-5283.
Sean Webby and Tracey Kaplan contributed to this report. Contact Lisa M. Krieger at 408-920-5565.


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|Unknown species of Rudbeckia
Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, I am astounded by the difference between this year's blooms and last year's blooms.
Last year, we had no rain all summer. This year, we've had rain mostly when we've needed it and as a result, there is far more blooming now than compared to last year.
I will take this year, hands down, over last year.
Let's start in the flower border I call August Dreams Gardens. It is planted with prairie type plants that will mostly bloom in August or later.
At one end, I planted some tall black-eyed Susan type flowers, pictured above. I am becoming quite lax of late in regards to plant labels and tags and so I no longer knew which species this is. But it is four to five feet tall.
|August Dreams Garden Border
Across the path from August Dreams Garden, I have a clematis climbing up and throw a bayberry shrub, making it appear that the bayberry is blooming.
|Unknown clematis blooming in bayberry
Across the way, a dwarf butterfly bush is blooming and attracting butterflies.
|Butterfly on a butterfly bush
A volunteer Verbena bonariensis nearby is attracting bees to the garden.
|Bees are an affirmation of a garden's health.
Another bloom that is attracting many pollinators to the garden is calamint, Calamintha nepeta supsp. nepeta.
|A mostly well-behaved member of the mint family
There are other blooms in the garden in mid-August. Many of them including coneflowers, shasta daisies, the Knock-out roses, and hydrangeas are carry overs from July. Others, include the old-fashioned hosta that I call August Lilies are just beginning to bloom.
All of them are a delight to me, and make me love my garden this year, especially.
What's blooming in your garden in mid-August? I'd love to see and read about whatever it is that brightens your garden on the 15th of every month.
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According to TMZ, Kim's misguided commentary about Kanye's slavery was a choice comment "will NOT appear in the upcoming KUWTK episode." It reportedly was "never approved for the episode, because when Kim watched it back, she realized it was inaccurate and not reflective of what happened at TMZ that day."
The preview KUWTK clip where Kim discussed Ye's comments has been pulled by E!.
SMH, Kim.
In an effort to clear Kanye West's name, Kim Kardashian gave her own (misguided) interpretation of her husband's infamous slavery was a choice comment in a sneak peek of the upcoming episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians. The reality star attempted to justify Ye's hurtful words by claiming he was misquoted and a victim of bad editing, despite the controversial TMZ interview being aired live at the time.
"When he gets ramped up, he can't control what he says, he can't let it go," she explained. "He loves being ramped up. He's like 'I feel powerful when I'm ramped up. I don't want to be so suppressed. Yeah, I say crazy sh*t but I've always said crazy sh*t. That's why I'm Kanye.'"
"I always know what Kanye's intentions are and what he's trying to say, but I also know that they're gonna write a headline and people are gonna assume that that's exactly what you said and what you meant," she continued. "He didn't say slavery is a choice, he was saying if you're gonna still be enslaved for another 400 years then that's some bullsh*t." Kim concluded: "That, as a wife, is really frustrating to see the media take everything and run with it."
Let's play the tape, shall we?
During the TMZ Live interview, filmed in May, Kanye — accompanied by conservative commentator Candace Owens — sounded off on his thoughts about African American's centuries of enslavement. "When you hear about slavery for 400 years — for 400 years? That sounds like a choice. Like, you were there for 400 years and it's all of y'all? It's like we're mentally imprisoned. I like the word 'imprisoned' because slavery goes too directly to the idea of blacks ... so prison is something that unites us as one race," he said. "Blacks and whites being one race. That we're the human race." (In the words of the great NeNe Leakes: He said what he said, Kim!!!)
In response to Kim's claims of Ye being misquoted/edited badly, TMZ released the following statement: "Kim can have whatever interpretation she wants of Kanye's words. We get that. But, to say we edited him or misquoted him ... is a lie."
Despite her misguided claims about Kanye speaking about future enslavement, Kim seemed to think he said slavery was in choice in May, and took his words seriously enough back then that she admittedly rushed home to confront him immediately following his TMZ interview. "I rushed home, I was hysterically crying," she recalled to her friends Jonathan Cheban and Simon Huck in the KUWTK promo clip. "So I go home…he's totally fine."
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Guus Hoekman
The internationally acclaimed bass Guus Hoekman performed in more than 130 opera productions in the Netherlands alone. Outside the Netherlands, he gave numerous performances in Belgium, Germany and the United States.
Biography Guus Hoekman
The internationally acclaimed bass Guus Hoekman performed in more than 130 opera productions in the Netherlands alone. Outside the Netherlands, he gave numerous performances in Belgium, Germany and the United States.
Guus Hoekman (born October 16, 1913, in The Hague) is initially a ship's officer but later begins a singing career. He studies with Jaap Stroomenbergh and Aaltje Noordewier-Reddingius. Later, he also has lessons with Lothar Wallerstein. During World War II he gives clandestine lieder recitals.
After the war, Hoekman begins his career as an oratorio singer in Spain and Italy. He makes his debut with the Royal Flemish Opera as Osmin in Mozart's 'Die Entführung aus dem Serail'.
1956 - 1959
Hoekman makes his opera debut in the Netherlands as the King in Carl Orff's 'Die Kluge' [The Wise Maiden]. The following year he sings the role of Baculus in Albert Lortzing's 'Der Wildschütz' [The Poacher]. In 1959, he has a role in the opera 'Kalchas' by Jurriaan Andriessen and he sings in the world premiere of Henk Badings' opera 'Martin Korda'.
1961 - 1969
Hoekman makes his debut with the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf. He then sings in the premiere of Guillaume Landre's 'Jean Lévecq' (1965). He returns as Osmin in a production in Boston of Mozart's 'Die Entführung aus dem Serail' with Joan Sutherland and Boris Christoff. In New York he makes a successful debut as La Roch in Richard Strauss' 'Capriccio'. In 1969 he performs at Glyndbourne as Arkel in Debussy's 'Pelléas et Mélisande'.
Hoekman teaches and directs in the United States.
1980 - 1985
He has a role in De Nederlandse Opera Stichting's world premiere of Jan van Gilse's opera 'Thijl'. He subsequently plays various roles with the Opera Stichting, including Sarastro in Mozart's 'The Magic Flute' and Titurel in Wagner's 'Parsifal'. He also gives singing lessons in Amsterdam. In 1985 he performs for the last time singing Trulove in Igor Stravinsky's 'The Rake's Progress'.
Guus Hoekman dies at age 82 in Utrecht on April 16.
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Clash Erupts between Baqaata Residents, Hizbullah Convoy
[An Nahar] A spat broke out on Monday between residents from the Shouf town of Baqaata
That'd make it part of Wally Jumblatt's fief...
and a security convoy belonging to Hizbullah, media reports said, as another unconfirmed report said the clash erupted after the discovery of a Hizbullah telecom network in the area.
"A convoy comprising three cars with tinted windows and carrying
made its way from Niha towards Shouf's towns, but it raised suspicions as it passed through the town of Mristi, prompting a young man from the town to intercept the convoy and inquire about its destination," LBCI television reported.
"The members of the convoy claimed that they are army intelligence agents and continued their trip towards the town of Baqaata after passing through al-Mukhtara," it added.
But contacts were made with the army's Intelligence Directorate which confirmed that the convoy does not belong to it, LBCI said. It quoted a security source as saying that "the convoy belongs to Hizbullah and it was probably carrying a party official."
"The members of the convoy told the army that they went astray as they crossed from Jezzine," LBCI added.
As the cars arrived in Baqaata, "a clash erupted with residents from the area and the vehicles sustained material damage."
"Army intelligence agents intervened to end the clash and escorted the cars for a certain distance before letting them go on their own," the TV network reported.
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Individual great apes and humans display extraordinary variation in their hormonal profiles, and I am interested in how these patterns may be shaped by ecological and social factors. For example, species may have different endocrinological profiles in response to varying food availability, and food availability in turn is also linked to social behaviors, such as the use of flexible fission fusion grouping patterns. In addition to reflecting energy metabolism, hormonal profiles also give insights into reproductive states and associated behaviors.
My primary interest is in wild populations of great apes across Africa, which are increasingly affected by human activities and so the impact of human disturbance on stress levels and general health must also be considered.


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Last week, AMD released register specifications for the RV630 and M56 parts into open source, thus allowing the OSS community to develop 2D (and theoretically 3D) drivers, given time. Current documentation for the project is available over at X.Org.
Now, eight days later, Novell has released an alpha-quality driver for the R6XX and R5XX series of cards. The current alpha allows for initial mode settings, and the devs plan to add support for additional hardware, RandR 1.2, video overlay support, and 2D acceleration. More information is available at the openSUSE blog, and the driver is available for multiple distribution packages—Fedora, Mandriva, and SUSE Linux Enterprise. The Linux userbase has called for open sourced drivers from the major manufacturers for years. Obviously AMD/ATI's source code release is only one step towards such a development, and current work is focused on 2D, rather than 3D acceleration, but this type of information sharing could conceivably lead to an OSS 3D driver, given enough time and effort.


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5 Common and Very Avoidable 'Business Casual' Mistakes
Business casual: the dress code that makes you happy you don't have to wear a tie or pantyhose, but otherwise confuses the khaki out of you.
Whether it's your first job, a new company, or you just aren't sure what's best at the office you've worked for years, "business casual" is a phrase that means different things to different people in different offices and can really affect your standing with management and clients.
Even if your company's overall dress policy is business casual, or you have casual Fridays, that doesn't give you license to show up looking like you just got out of bed for your Lit 101 class. There are a lot of common business casual pitfalls that await you in the workplace, but they're all very avoidable.
Of course, the biggest mistake you can make when it comes to your company's business casual policy is to not know what it is. Most often, when an organization calls for business casual, they only mean a step down from formal business attire. Make sure you read your employee handbook and have a firm idea of what is and isn't acceptable to wear to work. And if you have questions, ask someone. Don't let it turn into something that becomes a disciplinary issue.
But you should be dressing beyond the dress code. If you dress better, you'll do better work and you'll stand out more on your team. Business casual doesn't have to be confusing or cost you promotions, sales or pay raises—as long as you don't make these five basic mistakes:
No Business, All Casual
There are two words in the phrase "business casual." What you need to remember is that you should focus on the "business" part of your wardrobe more than the "casual" part. Casual work clothes are not the same as casual social clothes. The things you wear when you're out with your friends are most likely not the things you should wear to your job.
For example, if your company allows you to wear jeans—which many don't, except on special casual days—you still have to choose the right kind of jeans. The jeans you wear to work shouldn't have rips or holes, they shouldn't be faded or worn (especially in awkward places), and they shouldn't be jeans you picked up off your floor or from the bottom of the hamper. You should stick to clean, dark jeans that look dressier than the casual jeans you wear at home. And if you're wearing jeans, you still need to leave the T-shirt at home. Wearing T-shirts with logos (other than your company's) or wacky messages is a very common business casual mistake.
Day Job but Night Club
Another business casual trap a lot of people fall into is dressing too sexy for work. Women seem to struggle with this more than men, but the rule applies to all. There are only a few jobs where dressing with sex appeal in mind is actually helpful, and you probably don't have one. Ladies, you shouldn't be wearing mini skirts or blouses that show a lot of cleavage. You don't have to show up to work looking like a nun, but you should keep on the conservative side of the line. Watch the hemlines of your skirts and necklines of your blouses.
Men need to watch their necklines, too. Showing off chest hair isn't the way to make an impression at work. And both men and women need to make sure their business casual work clothes aren't too tight. The workplace is not the proper arena for showing off how toned you are. Dressing too sexy at work sends absolutely the wrong message. You want to be respected for your contributions, not your ability to pose for a calendar.
Slob With a Job
A very easy business casual mistake for anyone is to show up to work looking sloppy. Just because you're allowed to wear jeans on a Friday doesn't mean those jeans should be wrinkled and/or stained. If you want to be someone who's considered an asset to the organization, you need to dress like you care about how you look and how the company looks. You also need to show that you can pay attention to details. Wear a belt and make sure it matches. Add some jewelry, but nothing showy or distracting. Iron your clothes. If you look like you've been sleeping, your boss will assume that's what you do on the job.
Right Desk, Wrong Shoes
They're down by the floor, but don't be fooled into thinking no one notices your shoes. Shoes are a big part of dressing appropriately for work, and they are often something that trip people up when trying to abide by a business casual dress code. First of all, leave the old, worn (and probably super-comfy) shoes at home. If your loafers have turned to peep-toes, they aren't appropriate for work. Athletic shoes are not appropriate unless you're a nurse or a delivery person. Even if it's a jeans day, those cross-trainers aren't work shoes.
On the other hand, stiletto heels don't work for work either. (See our advice on dressing too sexy for work above.) Besides, working in stilettos is nearly impossible. Stick to a less showy, lower and wider heel. And, finally, if you're wearing flip-flops to work and your job doesn't take place in a surf shack, you're doing it wrong. Wearing flip-flops to work is not at all appropriate for men or women.
Taking a Grooming Vacation
Even if you work in a casual environment, that doesn't mean you can take a break from good grooming. The primary violators of this rule are men and their facial hair, but it applies to both genders. Men, if you've got a beard or mustache, you don't get to send your razor on vacation. If you aren't a professional mountaineer, you need to keep your facial hair groomed. This goes for everyone. If you don't take care of yourself, the people you work with aren't going to have confidence that you can take care of clients or anything else you're responsible for. If you look professional, everyone you work with will think you're a professional and treat you that way.


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I've bought an HTC Desire a quite ago and, since now, works fine for me (except for this).
Now I'm waiting for Android 2.3, or 3.0, or whatever, and I'm thinking: is it possible to install the original Android ROM on my Desire instead of HTC porting?
This will make spare me a lot of time in waiting HTC porting.
My only doubt is if all functionality stay the same. (except for Sense and similar HTC proprietary software).


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Brandon Phillips 2b
Scott Rolen 3b
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vs. RH John Smoltz (1-2, 3.18)
Justin Lehr will start tomorrow. Matt Maloney had been scheduled but he's still bothered by that blister on his left middle finger.
~has anybody heard anything about Gomes? He's played only twice in the past 7 games. Illness? Injury?


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NATO's Military Decline
As Russia re-arms, the West increasingly neglects its defenses.
Vladimir Putin and his American apologists like to blame NATO's post-Cold War expansion for his territorial conquests, which ignores that the alliance refused in 2008 to let Georgia and Ukraine even begin the process of joining. Those are the two countries the Russian has since carved up, and the question now is whether Russia's expansionism will slap Western leaders out of their self-defense slumbers.
NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen sounded the alarm last week in a visit to Washington. "I see Crimea as an element...
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BERLIN – The Tyson chicken plant industrial wastewater discharge permit has been extended indefinitely, less than a week after a sewer plan amendment was held back because of the previous permit expiration date of August 2008.
Now there is no procedural restriction on the Berlin sewer amendment, which was presented to the County Commissioners in early December only to be postponed until the county Planning Commission looked at language acknowledging renewal of that permit as consistent with the plan.
Without that language, Berlin Properties North (BPN) attorney Mark Cropper argued last week the state would refuse to renew that permit in August.
The Berlin sewer amendment can now go forward at the Dec. 18 commissioner meeting without waiting on the planning commission.
With the extension of the permit, there is no longer a need to change the Berlin sewer plan amendment, Berlin Administrative Director Linda Bambary said.
Changing the permit expiration date turned out to be easy.
"We called them and asked them," said developer Troy Purnell of Berlin Properties North. "It was just that simple."
The Maryland Department of the Environment understands that BPN is trying to work with the town to resolve sewer issues, Purnell said, and that the matter is not likely to be resolved before the expiration date.
"They extended it 'til we make another application or withdraw it," said Purnell.
Any change in the use of the industrial wastewater facility at the defunct chicken slaughterhouse would need approval from MDE. The wastewater facility could only be used in the exact same way it was when the plant was in use.
"That's not what we want to do," Purnell said.
The permit extension has no bearing on the one or two wastewater plant question, Purnell said. The two-plant proposal came from Purnell, who offered to build a plant on the Tyson chicken site to serve a mixed-use development he has planned there, with the town paying for additional capacity in the plant to handle the town's growing need for sewer.
"It all depends on the ratepayers and the ultimate cost," Purnell said.
Berlin has scheduled a public meeting on the sewer plant alternatives for Jan. 3, at 7 p.m. in the town council chambers.
"It's a meeting for the people for the purpose of letting the people hear what the analysis showed in more detail," Bambary said.


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Being involved in an accident and suffering injuries is not something most people are prepared for. Accidents happen to other people . . . right? The truth is, you can do everything right, hone your driving skills, obey every law, stay focused and alert . . . but you can't control what other people do. When a careless or impaired driver has caused you to be injured in a car, truck, or motorcycle accident, and your injuries are serious enough to require ongoing medical treatment, time off work, pain, dysfunction, and the inability to enjoy the many things that make life worth living—through no fault of your own—someone needs to be held accountable. You need to be compensated for what you've lost.
Your choice of a lawyer to represent you in your Tennessee injury or wrongful death case may be one of the most important decisions you'll ever make. Having the right lawyer can mean the difference between having to live with your losses and having the means to pick up the pieces of your life and move on. So if you've been injured, don't call the first lawyer whose phone number is blasting from your TV or whose smiling face is beaming down from a billboard. Do your due diligence and hire the best qualified lawyer you can find.
With more than thirty years fighting for the rights of the injured in Tennessee, Phillip Miller is one of the state's most experienced personal injury lawyers. Phillip doesn't practice any other type of law. He focuses exclusively on personal injury cases, and as a result, he has a finely-tuned knowledge of the law, the legal process, and the way to deal with corporate adversaries in the insurance world.
He is dedicated to ensuring that every person who is seriously injured in the state of Tennessee has access to superb representation and tireless advocacy, and that no person suffering legitimate injuries goes uncompensated.
Don't take our word for it. Research Phillip's record and credentials. Read what judges and other lawyers have to say about him.
Discover the many large settlements and verdicts he's won for his clients. Learn about his involvement in the local community.
We are nationally board-certified Civil Trial Specialists with thirty-plus years of experience in serious injury and death cases, a distinction shared by less than 2 percent of Tennessee lawyers.
Phillip Miller is a board-certified Civil Pre-trial Specialist. This means he is a master negotiator with the ability to settle many cases without having to go to trial.
Phillip consistently earns the highest ratings by his peers in the prestigious Martindale-Hubbell directory of attorneys: AV Pre-Eminent, placing his firm among the most respected in the nation for knowledge, ability, and ethics.
Phillip Miller boasts an AVVO rating of 10.0, the highest possible.
Phillip has been named as one of the "Best of the Bar" by the Nashville Business Journal which recognizes him as being one of the top trial lawyers in Nashville and Middle Tennessee.
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But before you make a giant mistake and talk to an insurance adjuster, sign any forms or hire an attorney, please give us a call or order our free books - we are here to help."
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Phillip Miller is a nationally recognized attorney who specializes in representing people and families who have experienced serious, catastrophic injuries and death. He is certified as both a civil trial specialist and a pre-trial specialist by the the National Board of Trial Advocacy.
Mr. Miller has been recognized as one of the Best of the Bar by the Nashville Business Journal, as a Super Lawyer, is AV rated and his firm has been designated as one of the pre-eminent law firms in the United States.


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Kansas Farm Killings Update: Kyle Flack, suspect charged in murders of 3 adults, 1 toddler, appears in court
(CBS/AP) OTTAWA, Kan. - Kyle Flack, the man charged with killing three adults and a toddler on an eastern Kansas farm, made a brief appearance in a packed courtroom Monday, but showed little emotion while a judge set a new court date.
The 27-year-old Flack has been held on $10 million bond in the Franklin County jail since he was charged Friday with capital murder in the deaths of 18-month-old Lana Leigh Bailey; her mother, Kaylie Bailey, 21; and Andrew Stout, 30. Flack is also charged with multiple counts of first-degree murder in those deaths, as well as that of Steven White, 31.
The adults' bodies were found early last week at an Ottawa area farm home. A body believed to be the toddler's was found Saturday in nearby Osage County.
Flack was picked up for questioning last week about 50 miles southwest of Ottawa in Emporia, where officers also found the car that Kaylie Bailey had been driving when she was last seen. She and her child were reported missing from Olathe on May 3.
In court Monday, four armed officers stood between Flack and the small courtroom, which was overflowing with family and friends of the victims.
Flack was shackled at the wrists and ankles, and appeared with his lawyer, Ronald Evans. He waived having an initial preliminary hearing set in 15 days, and Judge Thomas Sachse set it for July 8 instead.
Evans declined additional comment after the hearing.
Authorities said in the complaint filed Friday against Flack that a firearm was used in the four deaths. Franklin County Attorney Stephen Hunting, however, has declined to say if the four had been shot. Authorities haven't said what the motive for the killings may have been.
Sheriff Jeff Richards, who also attended the hearing, said afterward that forensic work was continuing on what authorities believed to be the child's remains.
Andrew Helm, 27, of Gardner, was a friend of the victims' and was one of Flack's co-workers at the Ottawa Sanitation Department a couple years ago. Helm said he attended the hearing to support Stout's family.
Helm said Stout, Flack, Bailey and her daughter attended a barbecue at Helm's home on April 28 and that he noticed nothing unusual.
The criminal complaint filed in the case said Lana and Kaylie Bailey and Stout were killed "on or about or between" April 28 to May 6, and that White was killed "on or about or between" April 20 and April 28.
Vicki Engstrom, of Ottawa, said she was a longtime friend of Stout's family and attended Flack's hearing so she "could see his expression."
"I didn't see any remorse in him at all," she said.


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Faculty, Trustees, Students at WCC Meeting in Korea
30 October–8 November • Off-Campus • Faculty News
The Fr. Alexander Schmemann Professor of Liturgical Theology Dr. Paul Meyendorff recently journeyed to Busan, Korea to attend the 10th Assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC) as a representative of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA). The Assembly is the highest governing body of the WCC, convening every seven years to review the WCC's ongoing agenda, formulate public statements of concern and action, and endorse activities and outreach being undertaken by Christian ecclesial bodies around the world.
In addition to conducting its ordinary business and electing officers and Central Committee members, the Assembly issued statements concerning the perilous situation of Christians in Syria, Egypt, and the Middle East. In its business sessions, it elected a new top governing body to lead the WCC, and appointed eight presidents for the WCC's respective "regions." His Beatitude John X, Patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch and All the East, was elected to represent the Eastern Orthodox, while Karekin II, the Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, will represent the Oriental Orthodox churches.
The Orthodox at the Assembly also met separately to discuss issues of common concern. In an expression of unity, both the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox attended liturgy together on Sunday November 3 at the Annunciation of the Theotokos parish, Metropolis of Korea, Ecumenical Patriarchate. "The Assembly provided a wonderful opportunity to meet with other Orthodox throughout the world," noted Dr. Meyendorff. "It was especially remarkable to see the number of St. Vladimir's graduates who are in leadership positions in various Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Churches."
In addition to Dr. Meyendorff, other attendees associated with St. Vladimir's were: Trustee His Eminence The Most Rev. Hilarion (Alfeyev), metropolitan of Volokolamsk and chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate Department of External Affairs; Trustee Dr. Anne Glynn Mackoul; Trustee His Grace The Rt. Rev. Maxim (Vasiljevic), bishop of the Western Diocese of the Serbian Orthodox Church in North and South America; Trustee H.G. Metropolitan Zachariah Mar Nicholovos, metropolitan of the Northeast American Diocese of the Malankara Church of North America; Alumnus H.E. Metropolitan Mor Polycarpus Aydin of the Syrian Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East; Alumnus His Grace The Right Rev. Alexander (Golitzin), Bishop of Toledo and the Bulgarian Diocese, OCA; Alumnus His Grace The Right Rev. Irinej (Dobrijevic) of Australia and New Zealand of the Serbian Orthodox Church; Seminarian Lijin Raju; and Mariam Ceena Varghese, SVOTS lecturer in Malayalam.
Read the address of Metropolitan Hilarion to the 10th Assembly, "The Voice of the Church Must Be Prophetic"
View the announcement about the election of the new WCC presidents, including Patriarch John X and Catholicos Karekin II
Read the Statement affirming the Christian presence and witness in the Middle East


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A new study adds fuel to the fire over the impact of higher taxes on discretionary spending.
The study, conducted by the American Affluence Research Center, finds most affluent consumers will maintain spending levels despite expecting lower income due to higher taxes. It defines the affluent as the wealthiest 10% of U.S. households, which it notes accounts for almost half of all consumer spending.
While mildly optimistic in their outlook for business conditions and the stock market, the affluent consumers seem to be more positive than the general public, as evidenced by volatility and declines in the Gallup weekly Economic Confidence surveys in March and the Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index for March. The Spectrem affluent consumer research in March was generally consistent with the March survey of the American Affluence Research Center.
Key findings from the Spring 2013 Affluent Market Tracking Study include the following:
—80% own one or more mobile devices (smart phone and/or tablet).
—iPhone is named more than twice as often as the combined total of Android, BlackBerry and others.
—iPad is named more than five times more than the combined total of Android and other tablets.
—More than half own two or more mobile devices.
—Among the 72% who participate in social media for any reason, Facebook is a slight favorite.
—Less than half of social media participants subscribe to receive communications from a company.
—Online purchases of 15 listed products is higher than in a 2003 survey, though online research of the same products is relatively unchanged or down.
Expected changes in income and net worth during the next 12 months "clearly influence and correlate with spending plans," according to the study. For example, the average index for changes in spending is about 20% higher among those expecting no decline in income or net worth as compared to those expecting a decline.
Read Ah, Spring! When HNW Clients Renovate Their Homes, With 6 Big Risks on AdvisorOne.


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People cheat for the same reason that dogs lick their balls. Because they can.
Over the years countless people have been intentionally mislead to achieve financial goals of unscrupulous people. The first known scam ever published by the press was in 1849 during the trial of William Thompson who was known as the 'confidence man'. He would chat with strangers until he asked if they had the confidence to lend him their watches, whereupon he would walk off with the watch. Thompson was captured when a victim recognized him on the street.
Below are 12 types of common scams reported around the world.
- Prizes and lotteries
- You have been proclaimed by people or letters to have won a vacation, prize or competition you do not remember entering.
- You may be asked to pay a deposit to access your prizes.
- Some others are just ploys to sell cheap stuff like poor quality jewelry at exaggerated prices.
- Some may ask for personal details instead of money. Providing any detail will only widen the exposure to other scams. Victims' bank account number have been used to make unauthorized withdrawals and credit card to incur additional charges.
- Some approaches to consumers are made by overseas lottery ticket sellers. Most are illegal. Even in the USA, there are restrictions. Find out more about it here.
- Always ask yourself, 'What's the catch'?
- If you really have won something, you need not pay a cent.
- Never give your personal banking or credit card details to unknown traders or companies.
- Consumers will be told by psychics, who claim to have seen visions of your rich future, to pay a fee to receive their lucky numbers, talismans, golden eggs or guides.
- Some people are just so vulnerable. Consumers have been known to send thousands of dollars in the name of 'good luck' to only realize that the items that they receive are crap quality pieces of cards or beads.
- Respond once and you will be targeted for further scams.
- Do not respond. Once they sniff interest from you, they will keep hounding you.
- Never give credit card or bank account details to people you don't know about.
- Nigerian-style scams are one of the most common types of advance fee frauds.
- A 'relative' of a senior government official in mainly African countries writes asking for assistance in getting funds out of their homeland by depositing the money into your bank account.
- A response will trigger them to ask for advanced money to process the payments or bribe officials.
- Do not ever give personal information to someone you do not know or trust.
- Do not respond to any offers.
- Also known as franchise fraud or multilevel marketing are investment frauds in which an individual is offered a distributorship or franchise to market a particular product.
- It is a system of selling in which you sign up other people to assist you and they, in turn, recruit others to help them.
- You see, success in multilevel marketing means continuously getting additional people to join the pyramid. What many people don't see is the practical limit to how many distributors can be found and to how many product units that can be sold.
- Many of them will have no real commitment to the program. They may have been high-pressured, just like you, to become a distributor.
- Entrance fee to include yourself as a node to the pyramid is usually very high.
- Understand the fact that there is no easy way to wealth, with the only exception of the genius who originated his multilevel marketing organization.
- NOTE whether the basis of the promotion is the sale of a product at the retail level, as opposed to an emphasis on recruiting more and more distributors to help you increase your income.
- Refuse to commit to anything at high-pressure meetings or seminars. Take time to do your homework on the scheme. Think it over and seek professional or legal advice.
- Check that any products can be returned if unsold. Refuse schemes that require you to purchase more inventory than you need.
- Email spammers have access to lists of email addresses to send fraudulent emails to which can cover millions of internet subscribers in an instant. Word lists to registered Internet domains not even knowing if they are actual email addresses.
- A handful of replies from victims at no cost is still a good deal to them.
- An option to unsubscribe to their mailing list has become a method to verify that they have reached a real email account. By replying, you may find that you are targeted with more spam.
- The most common scams will claim that they come from your bank or credit card company. Your account details and your PIN will be requested by return email or through a website. By responding you are opening yourself up to identity fraud, spam and viruses.
- Do not open email from unknown people. Delete it from your in-box and empty your email trash can.
- Do not open email that is not specifically addressed to you.
- Do not open email that promises you some unrequested benefit.
- Most email systems today provides spam/junk protection. If not check this out.
- Remember spam can be used to send spyware that saves your keystrokes.
- Be careful of unsubscribe and remove options on unsolicited email. Do not click on any link. The link may be used to confirm your email account details and send more spam to you.
- Protect your email address by only providing your email contact details to organizations that you know and trust.
- Fax back scams that usually offers weight loss programs, employment opportunities or competitions, use 1-900 premium rate numbers to incur very expensive charges per minute.
- There have also been reports of defrauders using slow responding fax machines to suck more cash out of victims.
- Know that ALL 1-900 services will always cost higher than average phone services.
- Ignore any 1-900 offers that are supposedly urgent or time limited.
- Avoid any overseas services linked with 190.
- Avoid any 1-900 services that do not clearly disclose the total cost of their service.
- I know it may not be easy but read all terms and conditions carefully first.
- Shop or ask around locally to see if the offers are available elsewhere, cheaper.
- Shopping locally will always give you better redress if something goes wrong.
- Posing as publishers of magazines, directories or internet sites, these scammers will call business and community groups.
- They repeatedly send invoices and demand payment without signed authority for an advertisement in a poorly circulated or non existent publication.
- Some may even pose as government officials. Victims have reported being sent business invoices to 'renew' their internet domain name registration for double the cost.
- Do not give personal or banking details to anyone you do not know and trust.
- If a call or letter is supposedly related to an existing arrangement, contact the organization yourself to verify and request a copy of your signed authority.
- Request the street address and phone number of any new advertising offer and check them out with Consumer Protection.
- All orders regardless of how small, should be recorded and cross-checked by the person who pays the accounts.
- Never pay anything that has not been authorised or fully understood.
- The calls often come from overseas and offer you high returns for your money. Sometimes an appointment is made for a 'senior adviser' to call back. They generally offer share, mortgage or real estate investments, high return schemes, option trading or foreign currency trading.
- They are persistent and bent on making you look foolish when you say no.
- People with specific religious or community interests are targeted with promises to send profits to charity or worthy causes.
- Work out the risk first.
- Always investigate money making schemes very carefully before parting with your money. Take time to seek professional or legal advice.
- Take time to do some homework first. Don't be pressured into making a decision on the spot.
- Ask for published independent substantiation of projected earnings, current financial statements, and prospectus. Ask for proof of testimonials of financial success.
- Ask the scammers these questions and they'll probably hang up in embarrassment:
– What is your securities dealer's license number?
– Who is lodging your prospectus?
- Defrauders are using the internet, newspaper advertisements, seminars, mail and direct approach to lure people into self-employment schemes. Instead of making money, it ends up costing money.
- Look out for 'make large amounts of money quickly and with little effort', 'work from home', 'requires payment for registration or for more information material'
- These scams sell information of no value, some pretend to provide skills which turn out to be unmarketable, and others pyramid schemes which rely on recruiting or luring others into joining.
- Computer gambling or share market software programs that guarantee winners is a scam.
- Money transfer or money mule schemes are worse. It's money laundering. You will be prosecuted. There is no way around it.
- Anti-fraud experts say the money being transferred is often stolen from other people's bank accounts via the Internet. Defrauders use Trojan and key logging viruses to capture customer online banking details. Once you receiving the money, you take your share and pass the rest to a prearranged overseas destination.
- There is no 'easy way' to make money from home.
- Get details before committing to anything.
- If you are asked to pay money, find out more.
- Always ask yourself, 'Why contact me when we have no business relations at all'?
- Find out if there is a market for the work you plan to do.
- Check whether there are special legal requirements such as licenses or other constraints on working from home.
- The product or service may be real or fake. Either way, con artists can still act illegally to the detriment of other people.
- It may be roof repair, maintenance, bitumen work or telephone services but they are itinerant and flee as soon as they have their money.
- Payments come in the form of deposits or full, in cash or by credit card. As checks can be easily canceled, they are not an option.
- Genuine door to door salespersons will always show personal identification and neither pressure nor require you to purchase any good or service.
- Genuine sales come with an official receipt with the company's registration number, name, address and telephone details.
- If it's a survey, ask for identification. Surveys are often a means to make an appointment for a salesperson to call. If you accept, make sure you know the name and address of the salesperson and of the company.
- If you are smart enough like the rest of the world, you won't be cheated of claims such as `your roof needs painting' or 'your vacuum cleaner doesn't work properly'.
- Never accept quotes at face value. Always do your homework, compare prices and terms.
- Get everything in writing. Ask about warranty coverage and periods and know all the costs before signing anything.
- Salespeople are required to show you company identification when you request it. Make a written note of the person's and the company's name, address and telephone number.
- If you think the salesperson is pressuring you or preying on your emotions, such as your fear, need, curiosity, sense of obligation, then give a simple 'No' ask them to leave. If the message didn't get through, then just tell the salesperson to f**k off.
- Will you sell a system to make money if it was a certainty? Isn't it like finding a treasure chest and telling the world where to find it.
- Usual targets are retirees and people with funds to invest.
- The promotion of the system of reaping money from horse racing, lottery tickets or share market do not have the word 'gambling' on it.
- They will promise huge returns based on past results which are actually manipulated to prove a particular outcome.
- The schemes may involve a SMS service to your mobile phone to tell you which teams to bet on.
- Let's take a look at how the football picks scam works. First, the scammer sends out tip sheet stating a game will go one way to 50 potential victims and the other way to another 50. The next week, the 50 who received the correct answer are divided into two groups and fed another pick. This is repeated until a small population have received a series of supernaturally perfect picks then the final pick is offered for sale.
- These are high-risk schemes and are not worth wasting your money on.
- The high-pressure sales tactics and slick presentations are crap. Let it swirl around your head first.
- It is very easy to claim that you predicted that a particular team won a match after the match has finished.
- If it's a horse race, ask yourself how a computer can make an accurate prediction on a horse race based on weather conditions, the state of the horse, the jockey, the track, the draw and luck? How can a computer predict what numbers will be drawn in a game of chance like Lotto?
- All 'Get rich quick' schemes are crap. Higher returns mean higher risks. If common sense says that it sounds too good to be true, then it is.
- Though annoying, telemarketing is a legitimate marketing practice. However consumers need to be alert to con artists who use it cheat people.
- Telemarketing is big business with companies wanting to sell you goods and services, to participate in surveys, or to make donations to charities.
- You may be contacted by an operator, sometimes a telemarketer based overseas.
- There are also automated prerecorded voice messages and, pop up internet ads which require you to contact a telemarketer. Some may also encourage you to respond to voice interactive premium telephone services which can charge up to $5 a minute.
- Automated dialing equipment which randomly dials numbers, and if you answer the phone, the telemarketer is switched through to you.
- Most telemarketers are very good sales officers that catches you off guard and try to get you to agree to something right there and then.
- Consumers usually agree to buying services and goods without understanding exactly what they are getting, or the exact terms and conditions of the offer. For example, people have agreed to buy overseas accommodation without realizing the package does not come with airfare.
- Some telemarketers start their sales pitch with 'Congratulations! You've just won yourself a ….' or ask you to participate in a survey, when in fact they are just trying to hook you in.
- Never agree to buy anything until you've done homework and find that it is of value to you. Introduce a delay to allow you to 'sleep on' the offer. If not, forget it.
- Tell them to ring back at a time that suits you.
- Always check out the terms and conditions of the contract before agreeing to anything.
- Compare prices on any goods or services offered with local traders first.
- It is very difficult to enforce your consumer rights with a company based overseas.
- Any opening pitch which says 'Congratulations, you have won …' is questionable.
- If you are asked to participate in a survey or poll, ask questions to make sure it is legitimate and not a pitch to sell you products, or worse, criminals trying to ascertain your movements
- Your personal details are worth money to others, like telemarketers, so guard it carefully.
- Below is a video of the greatest thing ever said to a telemarketer.


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4 Apr 2006
Hello Chris. Thanks for taking an interest in my work, and Jayson's as well. Below are my answers in blue.
1. How integral was Jayson Whitmore's involvement with you on the Winchester series? I noticed that you thanked him first in the introduction to the book of the exhibit. Did he do a majority of the animating and compositing of your imagery/drawings/abstractions, etc? Or was his role more to provide technical experience when you needed it and had questions?
Jayson Whitmore is the total motion graphics pro. He makes life easier on me because I can describe something to him and he can help me do it without much trouble. That said, its not the main reason I choose to collaborate with Jayson, because there are many people trained the way Jayson is trained, just as there are many people trained to draw and paint like I was trained. My work is also very technically simple, so technically Jayson is holding back some of his skills when he does my stuff. The reason why I always try to work with Jayson Whitmore first is because he's got a GREAT musical ear. He's got a sense for the timing of the movement and the content of the art that qualifies him as an artist in his in right. Its always an honor to work with people as outstanding and insightful as he is. The same can be said for a man named Jonathan Karp who helps us with sound, Brendan Canty from the band Fugazi who's done music with us in the past, and all the other great people I've been lucky enough to work with. I've been very fortunate to have such good people around me. Jayson is an unbeatable talent and has spent years learning the techniques he knows, and he frees up the time I need to perfect my imagery.


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Shareology has not been in Galleria in Edina, Minnesota in ages — ah, for the days of excitement leading up to the Louis Vuitton opening!! Frankly, rain (monsoon!!!) drove her inside and what did she discover? A hot new shop soon to open, black and white all over and the perfect LBD!
Let's start with the new shop: Eileen Fisher is coming to Galleria!! Shareology is not a big designer label consumer; however, she has two Eileen Fischer jackets she loooooves. Look what Shareology found one rainy Edina day:
Next fall trend? Black and white, more black and white: Halston would be so proud! Although he liked a little red with his black and white.
What really stopped Shareology in her tracks was the perfect LBD. Now Arafina is a regular stop; the windows are perfect for dreaming:
OMG: what's that glowing in the window? Can it be? The perfect LBD!!!
Kay Roseland @KayLoire


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What we have here is a fresh approach at a bike trainer. It eliminates the rear wheel and the bike attaches directly to this trainer. So you need a compatible cog installed on the trainer to get proper shifting. Shimano, Campy, SRAM, 9-10-11 speed… make sure you get the right one. So switching different bikes onto this trainer is not as practical as most other trainers. Also, you would be really blessed (as we are) if your wheel cassette position is identical to the trainer's. In this case, there will be zero derailleur adjustment required when mounting to the trainer.
When all is set up, the rider is rewarded by a very realistic pedaling experience. It's just like pedaling outdoors in wide open smooth tarmac. If that is really, really important to you and you're tired of wearing out tires on the trainer then you may have found the right product for you.
Of course, there are compromises so read on. If you're looking for a quiet trainer that you can set up in the living room with any of your bikes and you want it portable and under $300, this may not be a good option.
Several Videos by Lemond are here: https://www.lemondfitness.com/product_detail/465/lemond-revolution#tab-5
Key Specs:
- Price is $499. $549 with cogset
- Weight: 32 lbs
- direct drive eliminates the wheel and tire interface from the trainer
- Resistance is fan based.
- interface between bike and trainer is locked and solid.
- does not wear out the tire
- pedaling action with coasting is very realistic because of the massive flywheel positioned at the edge of the fan blades
- extremely sturdy and stable under heavy pedaling and out of the saddle efforts
- bike is level and does not need a trainer block to prop up the front is not required
- wind resistance is light during start up and progressively gets heavier as load increases. This is much more realistic than fluid, magnetic or friction resistance.
- performance data will be available soon with a Lemond Power Pilot for $350 with calibrated watts downloable through USB


text: This is an ICI Billingham Film Unit travelogue with an unusual premise and title. The film promotes the North East as a marvellous place to live and work and includes footage of engineers, scientists and draftsmen at the ICI Billingham chemical works and the many social pursuits available for workers: sports at Billingham Synthonia and Wilton Hall Clubs, rowing and sailing on the Wear,Yorkshire Gliding Club at Sutton Bank and rock climbing. The film also tours around local Teesside villages and towns such as picturesque Norton and Stockton-on-Tees on a busy market day. The coastal towns of Saltburn, Staithes (including women in traditional Staithes bonnets) and Whitby are explored as well as the iconic cities of Durham, York and Newcastle (including night time Hoppings scenes on the Town Moor). The final scenes capture the remote landscapes of Weardale and the world of the hill farmers.


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OutKast's 2014 reunion is growing.
According to "Rolling Stone," the Atlanta-based duo will take the stage at New York's Governors Ball Music Festival.
The festival will take place at New York City's Randall's Island Park from June 6th through the 8th. Organizers won't announce the complete lineup until next week, but they are dropping hints in the form of pictures via social media. Among the clues fueling the rumor mill is a photo of the late rappers The Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur.
On Wednesday, organizers for Coachella announced that the duo will headline Indio, California's annual music and arts festival. The April 11th gig will be the pair's first show together in nearly seven years. Other performers include Nas, Kid Cudi, Pharrell, and A$AP Ferg. The multi-weekend festival will take place April 11th through the 13th, as well as April 18th through the 20th.


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Apparently, the media was more impressed with a Pac-12 school blowing out an FCS team than it was a Big Ten school outlasting a member of the MAC.
Oregon, which pounded Nicholls State 66-3 Saturday, moved up from No. 3 to No. 2 in the Associated Press' first poll of the new season. Ohio State, 40-20 winners over Buffalo, dropped down one to No. 2.
The Buckeyes, though, were still one of three teams receiving at least one first-place vote. Alabama claimed the top spot on 58 ballots, while Clemson, up four to No. 4 this week, joined OSU with one first-place vote.
Stanford (No. 5), South Carolina (No. 6), Texas A&M (No. 7), Louisville (No. 8), LSU (No. 9) and Florida State (No. 10) complete the Top 10.
Georgia tumbled the furthest of those that remained in the polls, falling to No. 11 from No. 5 following its loss to Clemson. TCU dropped four to No. 24 thanks to its loss to LSU.
Washington (No. 20) and Baylor (No. 23) each made their Top 25 debuts following impressive season-opening wins. Those two replaced No. 19 Boise State, which lost to UW by 32 points on the road, and No. 25 Oregon State.


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Today's release of the Chicago Federal Reserve National Activity Index (CFNAI) showed improvement for the national economy with the index increasing from last month to stand at 0.11 while the three month moving average also declined to -0.06.
The CFNAI is a weighted average of 85 indicators of national economic activity collected into four overall categories of "production and income", "employment, unemployment and income", "personal consumption and housing" and "sales, orders and inventories".
The Chicago Fed regards a value of zero for the total index as indicating that the national economy is expanding at its historical trend rate while a negative value indicates below average growth.
A value at or below -0.70 for the three month moving average of the national activity index (CFNAI-MA3) indicates that the national economy has either just entered or continues in recession.